Against Preemptive War: Volume 13

by Donald M. Lowe, Thomas Lamarre, Yukiko Hanawa, et al.

In the war on Iraq, the Bush administration has advanced a strategy of preemption--striking in advance of any realized threat. Creating its own reality of war and presenting the destabilization of a supposed threat as a measure of success, preemption allows victories to be declared in advance and justifies violent and unilateral strikes on peoples, on liberties, on perception, and on truth. Against Preemptive War , a special issue of positions: east...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822366363
• ISBN13: 9780822366362
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 8.1"